COUNTY LIFE
Shebang event offering great auction items
There will be many useful and enjoyable items up for live auction in the annual Shebang fundraiser for Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum, Montague County’s largest history museum planned for Sept. 29.
The museum operates on donations, memberships and foundation/grant support. Proceeds from Shebang go directly to operations and expansion of the museum. This year the banquet will celebrate the oil and gas industry heritage of the county.
Tickets for Shebang are $50 each or get a table for eight for $350. It includes a filet mignon dinner, the live and silent auctions, the popular “bucket” auction, the spin-the-wheel game and entertainment. Call the museum at 825-5330 to reserve your tickets.
Shebang will be at the Veranda Inn Events Center, 1523 E. U.S. Highway 81 in Nocona. Doors open at 6 p.m. on Sept. 29.
The live auction will feature some big items including two loads of base rock, 50 square bales of horse hay, a watercolor class for six, dinner for eight, a Nokona ball glove, hand-painted ceramic tile-top coffee table, a helicopter tour of the county, tickets to Nocona Nights Music Festival, a hot air balloon ride for two, sports memorabilia and a vacation to New Orleans.
In the silent auction take your chance to win from an array of art prints, rare books, gift items, tickets to Ancient Ovens, a one-hour massage, tickets to an Escape Room and more. For the bucket auction there will be community gift baskets with gift certificates and goodies from the region.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
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